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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
MONITORING COMMITTEE for Operational Programme II
Empowering People for More Jobs and a Better Quality of Life
Cohesion Policy (2007-2013)
Implementation Update17th November 2010
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Overview
• Update on projects under implementation
• Update on Calls
• Update on Aid Schemes
- Training Aid Framework
- Employment Aid Programme
• Examples of ESF-funded activities
• Lisbon Agenda – Earmarking
• Monitoring and Reporting Structures
• Financial Control – On-the-Spot Checks
• Structural Funds Database (SFD)
• Information and Publicity
• Evaluation Activities
• Training and Capacity Building
• Concluding Remarks
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
A Snapshot of the current OPII Projects
• OPII currently has 42 approved projects and 2 Aid Schemes as illustrated below:
PA 1 13 projects
PA 2 9 projects + 1 Aid Scheme
PA 3 14 projects + 1 Aid Scheme
PA 4 6 projects
TOTAL 42 projects + 2 Aid Schemes
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Comparative Data Analysis
Description Total May Total November Progress
OP Allocation €131,764,705 €131,764,705 N/a
Committed Allocation €77,126,175 €76,673,282 - €452,893
% of OP allocation 58.5% 58.2% -0.3%
Contracted Value €27,268,781 €37,504,356 + €10,235,575
% of Committed Allocation 35.4% 49% + 13.6%
Disbursed Value €5,216,241 €10,653,673 + €5,437,432
% of Contracted Amounts 19.1% 28.4% + 9.3%
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Comparative Data per PA (Committed Values)
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Comparative Data per PA (Contracted Values)
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Comparative Data per PA (Disbursed Values)
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
PA 1 – Financial Management
Description PA 1
Financial Allocation €37,400,000
Committed Value €26,987,782
% of Financial allocation 72.16%
Contracted Value €16,031,228
% of Committed Allocation 59.4%
Disbursed Value €6,755,653
% of Contracted Amounts 42.1%
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
PA 2 – Financial Management
Description PA 2
Financial Allocation €30,995,000
Committed Value €20,555,795
% of Financial allocation 66.32%
Contracted Value €8,764,509
% of Committed Allocation 42.6%
Disbursed Value €1,647,913
% of Contracted Amounts 18.8%
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
PA 3 – Financial Management
Description PA 3
Financial Allocation €36,900,000
Committed Value €16,355,965
% of Financial allocation 44.3%
Contracted Value €10,221,420
% of Committed Allocation 62.5%
Disbursed Value €1,682,386
% of Contracted Amounts 16.5%
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
PA 4 – Financial Management
Description PA 4
Financial Allocation €21,405,000
Committed Value €7,709,035
% of Financial allocation 36%
Contracted Value €613,914
% of Committed Allocation 8%
Disbursed Value €25,272
% of Contracted Amounts 4.1%
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Update on Calls
Call Value (€)No. of project
proposals submitted
Value of eligible costs of the projects submitted (€)
Call 6 PA 1 €10 million 15 €28,942,108
Call 6 PA 3 €20 million 19 €22,333,997
The Project Selection Committee is currently at evaluation stage.
Call 6 was issued on 26.07.2010 with a closing date of 24.09.2010.
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Update on Calls (2)
Call Priority AxisIndicative Financial
Threshold (€)
Call 7PA 2 €10 million
PA 4 €13.5 million
Call 7 was issued on 22.10.2010 with a closing date of 03.12.2010.
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Aid schemes
Training Aid Framework ESF2.65
• 1996 applications have been received to-date.
• The number of Grant Agreements signed to-date totals 1248:
– 393 from small enterprises (31%)– 299 from medium undertakings (24%)– 556 from large undertakings (45%)
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Aid schemes (2)
Employment Aid Programme ESF3.64
• 2144 Applications have been received to-date.
To date, 896 Grant Agreements (totalling €3,807,239.51) have been signed:
- 522 (58%) males- 374 (42%) females
Out of the 896 participants:- 276 (31%) Gozo (amounting to €1,451,510.53)- 620 (69%) Malta (amounting to €2,355,728.98)
The 896 signed Grant Agreements represent 852 (95%) disadvantaged participants and 44 (5%) disabled participants.
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Examples of ESF-funded activities
ESF1.23 Higher Education Courses to Address Skill Mismatches in Gozo
ESF3.64Employment Aid Programme
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Examples of ESF-funded activities
ESF2.4Employability Programme
ESF1.21Parents and Teachers Fusion ICTTraining Programme
ESF2.65 Training Aid Framework
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Examples of ESF-funded activities
ESF3.66Ic-Cavetta -Maltese Literacy Toolkitfor employment and educationinclusion
ESF1.40 Science Popularisation Campaign
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Lisbon Agenda - Earmarking
• €92,500,800 are earmarked for Lisbon Agenda related
projects.
• 44 Projects/schemes (totalling €56,721,196) under
implementation are contributing to the earmarked categories.
• This is equivalent to 61.3% of the earmarked amount.
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Monitoring
• Monitoring Committee Meetings – 27th May 2010 & 17th November 2010
• Inter-Ministerial Co-ordination Committee (IMCC) - 13th September
• PPS high level meetings held monthly – 9 projects reviewed between June and October 2010
• IB Network – 13th September 2010
• Intermediate Bodies Steering Committee (IBSC) – 23rd June 2010.
• Ministerial Projects Steering Committee (MPSC)– 11 meetings (MEEF, MRRA, MITC, MGOZ, OPM, MHEC)
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Reporting
• Annual Implementation Report (OPII) for the year 2009 was approved by CION on the 24th of September 2010.
• Project Progress Reports requested 3 times per year
• MA Project Briefs (updated monthly)
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Financial ControlOn-the-Spot Checks & Audits
• 57 Documentary OTS undertaken by MA (OPII)
• 9 Documentary OTS undertaken by IBs (OPII)
• 71 Physical OTS undertaken by MA (OPII)
• 2828 Physical OTS / monitoring visits undertaken by IBs (OPII)
• 2 Audits on operations carried out (OPII)
• Systems’ Audits (OPII)
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Structural Funds Database
• New Modules released between June and August 2010
- Irregularities module
- Debtor’s Ledger Report;
- On the Spot module;
- Annex III of Regulation EC1828/2006 – Data on Operations;
- System has been updated to capture Expenditure Type related to payments.
Furthermore, the system was enhanced to capture more fields required under the Regulation
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Structural Funds Database (2)
• New SFD Intermediate Level Courses for the SFD Trainers
- 25th August 2010 – Intermediate Bodies;
- 2nd & 29th September 2010 – Beneficiary Level; and
- 20th September 2010 – Line Ministry Level
• System Manuals updated:
– Manuals related to the Project, Commitment, Contract and Invoice levels.
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Information and Publicity 2010 Annual Event
The annual information event mE&U fest was held in Gozo on the 5th of September and in Malta on the 8th of September.
The Festival focused on 4 Main Themes:
• Employment Opportunities
• Built and Natural Environment
• Science and Technology
• Education and Health
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Information and Publicity (2)2010 Annual Event
Activities:
• Interactive Project Exhibitions and PPCD Info stand
• Family Entertainment with Eurovision Singers, Folk-Rock Band, Magician, Interactive Ballroom Dancers, and ‘Ghannejja’ amongst others
• Kids’ corner with animation and drawing competition
• Information Leaflet distributed to all households prior to the event to generate interest
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Evaluation ActivitiesMid-Term Evaluation
• Inception Report approved by the MA on 23rd August 2010
• On line beneficiary survey of MTE between 27th September and 15th October 2010
• Consultative interviews were carried out with key policy makers and experts between 8th October and 15th November 2010
• Between 10th and 26th November 2010 interviews are ongoing with project leaders selected in a sample of circa 46 projects (including some of the Aid Schemes )
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Evaluation Activities (2)Mid-Term Evaluation
Next Steps:
• Internal Factors Workshop
This will lead KPMG to gain an in-depth understanding of outstanding issues and to verify certain hypotheses based on previous research methods such as the interviews. It will be held on 20th December with a number of horizontal stakeholders such as MEPA and DoC.
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Evaluation Activities (3)Other evaluation Activities:
The MA was involved in a number of evaluations carried out by DG EMPL:– Evaluation of the ESF`s support to Gender Equality; – Evaluation of the Contribution of ESF to EES;
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Training and Capacity Building
• Training on the Structural Funds Database held in April/June 2010 (12 OPII participants)
• Start-Up Training for New Beneficiaries held in July/Aug 2010 (39 participants)
• Training on “Eligibility: Simplified Costs” in June 2010
• Training in October 2010 on Monitoring of EU Cohesion Policy Funds’ horizontal policies: environment, gender and non-discrimination rules
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Concluding Remarks on latter half of 2010
• Programming implementation is clearly gaining pace.
• Horizontal activities such as evaluation, financial control, monitoring and reporting are increasing and will require additional capacity.
• Challenges for 2011 will focus mainly on speeding up payments.
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Office of the Prime Minister
Planning and Priorities Co-ordination Department
Operational Programme II – Cohesion Policy 2007-2013Empowering People for More Jobs and a Better Quality of Life
Event part-financed by the European UnionEuropean Social Fund (ESF)
Co-financing rate: 85% EU Funds; 15% National Funds
Investing in your future
Thank you!